Jan 3, 2014, 6:04 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
MM roll call thread: UA Million Miler/Multi-Million Miler Roll Call Thread
UA offers a way to earn status based on accumulative (lifetime) flight.
You can earn (the old fashioned way, same thresholds) higher status, but with MMers status, you will never fall below the MMer status level.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I get a "permanent / lifetime" card?
No, you get an annual card, as everyone else does. It will have an MM insignia. A permanent card would not make sense because you may earn a higher status than your MMer status.
Do I need to do anything to maintain MMer status? Recent flights? 4 segments? some PQMs or PQDs
No, you need to do nothing.
Will 2MM flyers receive 2 RPUs annually?
Yes: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/21007782-post85.html :
Will 3MM flyers receive 6 GPUs annually?
Yes. See above.
Since a 3MM flyer is also a 2MM flyer, will 3MM flyers also receive 2 RPUs annually?
According to an email exchange on 1/15/2014 with 1Kvoice as a 3MM LT 1K one should see 6 GPUs and 2 RPUs by end of January if one didn't fly the miles last year. Those xPUs in fact deposited 1/16/2014.
Pre-merger United 1MM flyers were promised two Confirmed Regional upgrades per year. Were they grandfathered into two RPUs per year?
No. And a class action suit claiming this was a breach of contract with pre-merger MM members was denied by a court, so this issue appears to be closed. For more: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...judgmt-ua.html
Pre-merger United 2MM flyers were promised a Red Carpet Club lounge membership for life. Will they be grandfathered into a lifetime United Club membership?
Yes, but they need to call the MileagePlus service center.
I was close to 2MM status before January 1, 2012, and was on a pace to reach 2MM BIS before January 1, 2013. Should I have received a lifetime membership?
Some have. Call the MileagePlus service center.
2 and 3 Million Miler Gift
Changed to RDM bonus in 2020
If I have Million Mile or Beyond status, do I have to fly 4 segments annually on UA/UX metal to keep my status?
Presently, no, for your earned MM status, nothing more is needed. However, if you want a higher elite status than one your Million Mile or Beyond status gives you, then you have to fly the 4 segments and credit to them to M+.
If I have Million Mile or Beyond status, do I have to earn PQDs to keep my status?
Presently, no, for your earned MM status, nothing more is needed. However, if you want a higher elite status than one your Million Mile or Beyond status gives you, then you have to earn the required PQDs for that status. Your Million Mile and Beyond status do not give you a jump start on PQDs, PQMs, or PQSes toward a higher elite status.
Million Mile Program FAQs
Terms and conditions for MileagePlus Million Miler companion benefit
FT thread: Million Miler companion benefit
Frequently Made Points (2012)
UA offers a way to earn status based on accumulative (lifetime) flight.
Lifetime Premier status
The Million Miler program grants lifetime Premier status to all qualifying members, even if they fly less in the future. Lifetime miles are earned based on the flight distance of United- and United Express®-operated flights. Basic Economy tickets do not earn lifetime flight miles.
(How are "lifetime miles" calculated for MileagePlus?)
Here are the status benefits of the Million Miler program:
The Million Miler program grants lifetime Premier status to all qualifying members, even if they fly less in the future. Lifetime miles are earned based on the flight distance of United- and United Express®-operated flights. Basic Economy tickets do not earn lifetime flight miles.
(How are "lifetime miles" calculated for MileagePlus?)
Here are the status benefits of the Million Miler program:
You can earn (the old fashioned way, same thresholds) higher status, but with MMers status, you will never fall below the MMer status level.
Annual companion Premier status
As a Million Miler, you may invite your spouse or significant other to share your current Premier status. This membership is nontransferable and will automatically renew each year unless you let us know otherwise.
See companion eligibility terms and conditions at the bottom of this page for more details.
To select or review your companion or to change your companion for the next calendar year, visit united.com/MMcompanion.
As a Million Miler, you may invite your spouse or significant other to share your current Premier status. This membership is nontransferable and will automatically renew each year unless you let us know otherwise.
See companion eligibility terms and conditions at the bottom of this page for more details.
To select or review your companion or to change your companion for the next calendar year, visit united.com/MMcompanion.
Do I get a "permanent / lifetime" card?
No, you get an annual card, as everyone else does. It will have an MM insignia. A permanent card would not make sense because you may earn a higher status than your MMer status.
Do I need to do anything to maintain MMer status? Recent flights? 4 segments? some PQMs or PQDs
No, you need to do nothing.
Will 2MM flyers receive 2 RPUs annually?
Yes: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/21007782-post85.html :
Yes. See above.
Since a 3MM flyer is also a 2MM flyer, will 3MM flyers also receive 2 RPUs annually?
According to an email exchange on 1/15/2014 with 1Kvoice as a 3MM LT 1K one should see 6 GPUs and 2 RPUs by end of January if one didn't fly the miles last year. Those xPUs in fact deposited 1/16/2014.
Pre-merger United 1MM flyers were promised two Confirmed Regional upgrades per year. Were they grandfathered into two RPUs per year?
No. And a class action suit claiming this was a breach of contract with pre-merger MM members was denied by a court, so this issue appears to be closed. For more: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...judgmt-ua.html
Pre-merger United 2MM flyers were promised a Red Carpet Club lounge membership for life. Will they be grandfathered into a lifetime United Club membership?
Yes, but they need to call the MileagePlus service center.
I was close to 2MM status before January 1, 2012, and was on a pace to reach 2MM BIS before January 1, 2013. Should I have received a lifetime membership?
Some have. Call the MileagePlus service center.
2 and 3 Million Miler Gift
Changed to RDM bonus in 2020
If I have Million Mile or Beyond status, do I have to fly 4 segments annually on UA/UX metal to keep my status?
Presently, no, for your earned MM status, nothing more is needed. However, if you want a higher elite status than one your Million Mile or Beyond status gives you, then you have to fly the 4 segments and credit to them to M+.
If I have Million Mile or Beyond status, do I have to earn PQDs to keep my status?
Presently, no, for your earned MM status, nothing more is needed. However, if you want a higher elite status than one your Million Mile or Beyond status gives you, then you have to earn the required PQDs for that status. Your Million Mile and Beyond status do not give you a jump start on PQDs, PQMs, or PQSes toward a higher elite status.
Million Mile Program FAQs
Terms and conditions for MileagePlus Million Miler companion benefit
FT thread: Million Miler companion benefit
Frequently Made Points (2012)
- Many lifetime CO elites made gains with the new program:
- Lifetime silvers become lifetime golds
- Infinite elites became lifetime 1Ks
- Many lifetime UA elites made gains with the new program:
- The one-time adjustment to recalculate lifetime miles to be equal to lifetime PQM boosted most lifetime totals, and many people were elevated to the first or next tier of the MM program.
- The companion program benefited most elites.
- The addition of lifetime platinum to existing 2MMer grandfathered lifetime United Club membership was a benefit for all pre-existing 2MMers.
- The replacement of lifetime United Club with platinum was a benefit for those people between 1MM and 2MM lifetime miles who valued a higher upgrade priority.
- For people at or aiming toward 4MM, the introduction of lifetime GS at 4MM
- Leather luggage tags
- Many lifetime CO elites had losses with the new program:
- Moving forward, PQMs do not count toward lifetime status.
- Many lifetime UA elites had losses with the new program:
- For 1MM and 2MM elites, the loss of 100% RDM bonus (reduced to 50% and 75% respectively)
- For 1MM elites, the loss of two annual CR-1s (nka RPUs)
- For people over 1MM but not "close enough" to 2MM, the loss of the opportunity to get lifetime United Club membership.
- The loss of one-time gifts of extra SWUs (nka GPUs)
- The inflation of membership numbers negating the significance of flying an actual one million BIS miles on UA metal, i.e. "Million Mile Flyers"
MileagePlus Million Mile (and Beyond) Flyer Benefits
Jan 3, 2018, 7:14 pm
#406
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Houston (Sugar Land/Booth)
Programs: UA 2 Million Miler, UA 1K, HHonors Lifetime Diamond
Posts: 146
Just reached 2,000,000 BIS miles yesterday, at 156 miles outside of Guam on the flight to Manila. Unlike others, there was no acknowledgment from United. Not that any was expected, but providing this as a data point for others when they reach one of the milestones.
Anyway you look at it, that is equivalent to 80 trips around the Earth at the equator, I'm not sure that I'm up to another 40 to make the next milestone......
Anyway you look at it, that is equivalent to 80 trips around the Earth at the equator, I'm not sure that I'm up to another 40 to make the next milestone......
Jan 3, 2018, 8:24 pm
#407
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: KFCA + KMSO
Programs: UA 3MM, Lifetime 1K, Lifetime UC, Lifetime Marriott Platinum, CMEL pilot
Posts: 203
Just reached 2,000,000 BIS miles yesterday, at 156 miles outside of Guam on the flight to Manila. Unlike others, there was no acknowledgment from United. Not that any was expected, but providing this as a data point for others when they reach one of the milestones.
Anyway you look at it, that is equivalent to 80 trips around the Earth at the equator, I'm not sure that I'm up to another 40 to make the next milestone......
Anyway you look at it, that is equivalent to 80 trips around the Earth at the equator, I'm not sure that I'm up to another 40 to make the next milestone......
Jan 3, 2018, 8:50 pm
#408
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: COS
Programs: UA Gold/1.5MM (several years running now!), Marriott LTTE, Hertz Prez
Posts: 1,899
Jan 3, 2018, 9:46 pm
#409
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: SFO South Bay
Programs: UA 2MM
Posts: 3,052
Same here. typically takes a week for mine to post each year (my RPUs as I am only 2mm).
Jan 3, 2018, 11:08 pm
#410
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: DEN
Programs: UA GS, Marriott Gold
Posts: 174
It's still an airplane that gets you to the destination. Your lifetime 1k will already enable you to get there in style that most won't ever see (at least under current rules). I've been GS for two years and 1k a few before that, and I'm still only at 0.5mm. I can only imagine what you've had to go through, but in the end what mattered is that you got to where you were going.
Jan 4, 2018, 7:59 am
#411
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: NYC, LON
Programs: *
Posts: 2,771
Surely this isn't an issue for the CEO of an airline?
Jan 4, 2018, 9:34 am
#412
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Honolulu Harbor
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 15,018
Feb 7, 2018, 10:40 am
#413
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: GRR
Programs: UA1K, UA2.7MM
Posts: 14
Spouse benefit
I'm a 2MM and last year I reached 1K status. My wife also received her companion 1K card, but she did not received any Global Premier Upgrades. Looking in the MileagePlus description of the MM Program I don't see anything about the companion receiving or not GPM. Can someone confirm that companions do not receive the GPU even if the spouse is a 1K?
Thanks!
Luis
Thanks!
Luis
Feb 7, 2018, 10:44 am
#414
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Houston
Programs: UA GS 2.6MM & Lifetime UC, Qantas Platinum, Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Bonvoy Platinum, HawaiianMiles
Posts: 8,693
I'm a 2MM and last year I reached 1K status. My wife also received her companion 1K card, but she did not received any Global Premier Upgrades. Looking in the MileagePlus description of the MM Program I don't see anything about the companion receiving or not GPM. Can someone confirm that companions do not receive the GPU even if the spouse is a 1K?
Thanks!
Luis
Thanks!
Luis
Jul 14, 2018, 3:42 pm
#417
Join Date: Jul 2018
Programs: UA 3MM
Posts: 10
3MM, are PQDs relevant to me?
Hi, just found this site. I've flown quite a lot on UA and I've made it past 3MM now, was a 2MM when the PQDs became a thing, but never flew enough to make 1K on mileage anyways, and now I'm sitting here as a 3MM and now I'm 1K for life.
So now I'm just curious, with my 1K 3MM status, are PQDs even relevant at all for me or can they still play a small factor on some things?
If I somehow end up flying 150K PQmiles, does the lack of PQDs prevent me from getting the "extra credit" upgrades?
Thanks!
So now I'm just curious, with my 1K 3MM status, are PQDs even relevant at all for me or can they still play a small factor on some things?
If I somehow end up flying 150K PQmiles, does the lack of PQDs prevent me from getting the "extra credit" upgrades?
Thanks!
Jul 14, 2018, 4:14 pm
#418
Join Date: May 2012
Location: ORF, RIC
Programs: UA LT 1K, 3 MM; Marriott Titanium; IHG Platinum
Posts: 6,958
Hi, just found this site. I've flown quite a lot on UA and I've made it past 3MM now, was a 2MM when the PQDs became a thing, but never flew enough to make 1K on mileage anyways, and now I'm sitting here as a 3MM and now I'm 1K for life.
So now I'm just curious, with my 1K 3MM status, are PQDs even relevant at all for me or can they still play a small factor on some things?
If I somehow end up flying 150K PQmiles, does the lack of PQDs prevent me from getting the "extra credit" upgrades?
Thanks!
So now I'm just curious, with my 1K 3MM status, are PQDs even relevant at all for me or can they still play a small factor on some things?
If I somehow end up flying 150K PQmiles, does the lack of PQDs prevent me from getting the "extra credit" upgrades?
Thanks!
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unit...solidated.html
General RPU earning & usage questions [Consolidated 2016 onward]
The earned 1K (12K PQD satisfied) is entitled to extra GPUs and RPUs if PQM exceeds 125K (for extra RPUs) or 150K (GPUs & RPUs). For lifttime 1K, you will receive the standard amount of GPUs and RPUs on January 1.
Last edited by Kmxu; Jul 14, 2018 at 4:30 pm Reason: Add links
Jul 14, 2018, 4:17 pm
#419
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 21,395
In other words: Yes, PQDs are relevant to a 3MM flyer, but only for the extra upgrade certificates.
Jul 14, 2018, 4:32 pm
#420
Join Date: Aug 2017
Location: LAS
Programs: 3 MMer
Posts: 458
Reached 3 MMM and thus lifetime 1K, middle of Feb, 2018. When should I get my 6 GPU's and 2 RPU's posted to my account.
I've been told it should have only taken 2 weeks, and I've also been told that I need to wait til Nov of this year, and again I have been told Jan of 2019.
I am aware that they are sort of useless anymore, and so I haven't bothered to continually hound MP since I made status, but does anyone have the correct answer, please?
I have called MP 3 times in the past and received 3 different answers, so I finally just let it go, but since this thread popped up, I am hoping for a definitive answer, from the pro's.
I've been told it should have only taken 2 weeks, and I've also been told that I need to wait til Nov of this year, and again I have been told Jan of 2019.
I am aware that they are sort of useless anymore, and so I haven't bothered to continually hound MP since I made status, but does anyone have the correct answer, please?
I have called MP 3 times in the past and received 3 different answers, so I finally just let it go, but since this thread popped up, I am hoping for a definitive answer, from the pro's.